Jared Hess didn’t know what to expect when his first feature film, a movie about a lanky, Tater Tot-loving teen, made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Partway through the first screening of ...

"A Minecraft Movie" has come a long way since that worrisome first reveal, from exceeding analysts' predictions for opening weekend box office tallies to going viral because fans are having a little ...

Glendale-born writer and director Jared Hess came out swinging with his first feature film, 2004's "Napoleon Dynamite," which became a cult classic. Over the years, Hess has gone on to write and ...

Minecraft and the Oscars aren't exactly two words you'd expect to see written in the same sentence, which is what makes it all the more impressive that the mind behind Hollywood's latest video game ...